| VERB | change | squelch, quell, quench | suppress or crush completely |
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| perception | squelch | make a sucking sound | |
| motion | squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop | walk through mud or mire | |
| contact | squelch, squash, crush, mash, squeeze | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | |
| NOUN | communication | squelch, put-down, squelcher, takedown | a crushing remark |
| artifact | squelch, squelch circuit, squelcher | an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise |
| Sounds | skweh'lch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | belch ... welsh / Welsh: 4 rhymes with ehlch... | |
| Meaning | A crushing remark. | |
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| Synonyms | put-down, squelcher, takedown | |
| Broader | derision | contemptuous laughter |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | aplastar, derrota, golpe bajo, golpe decisivo | |
| Verbs | squelch | suppress or crush completely |
| Meaning | An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise. | |
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| Synonyms | squelch circuit, squelcher | |
| Broader | circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit | An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
| Meaning | Suppress or crush completely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "squelch any sign of dissent" | |
| Synonyms | quell, quench | |
| Broader | suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer | To put down by force or authority |
| Catalan | dominar, sufocar | |
| Nouns | squelch, squelcher | a crushing remark |
| squelcher | an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise | |
| Meaning | make a sucking sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | sorber | |
| Meaning | walk through mud or mire. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | They squelch down the river | |
| Synonyms | squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop | |
| Broader | slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp | walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud |
| Spanish | chapotear | |
| Catalan | aixafar, capolar, esclafar, picolar, premsar | |
| Meaning | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | squash, crush, mash, squeeze | |
| Narrower | stamp | crush or grind with a heavy instrument |
| steamroller | crush with a steamroller as if to level | |
| telescope | crush together or collapse | |
| tread | crush as if by treading on | |
| wring | Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid | |
| Broader | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
| Spanish | aplastar, chafar, chapotear, estrujar, machacar, majar, moler | |
| Catalan | aclaparar, aixafar, esclafar, esprémer, moldre, xafar | |
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